Verbal-Motor Behaviour in Persons with Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome Across the Life Span

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 175-193

  Maraj, Brian K V ^a   Robertson, Shannon D ^b   Welsh, Timothy N ^c   Weeks, Daniel J ^d   Chua, Romeo ^e   Heath, Matthew ^f   Roy, Eric A ^g   Simon, Dominic A ^c   Weinberg, Harold ^d   Elliott, Digby ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral development; Down syndrome; Meta analysis; Speech perception; Speech production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954609882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470777886.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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